Nothing. Zilch. Silence.
Now, much as I appreciated the chance to get organised for a long day at work this morning without having to worry too much about it, it was going to bug me all day.
My inboxes are never empty. Ever.
Morning coffee sees me sit down to at least sixty emails… and an early night will take it to three figures as a rule. A goodly number of them areWordpress notifications for the blogs I follow but even they were missing. It seemed a little coincidental that nobody had written anything at all overnight… especially as there was nothing from anywhere else either.
The only things in there were a handful of mixed emails from friends, students and people trying to sell me weird and wonderful things I am the wrong sex to require.
I gave up on it after a reboot and went to work. Periodic checks via the phone throughout the day were no better. Emails were getting through, but only an infinitesimal proportion of what should be there.
Which seemed weird. Was there something happening in the world I had missed? A major disaster, a holiday I’d forgotten about? Had I inadvertently blocked incoming mail? No, not that… there was still the trickle…
There is something completely surreal about that level of silence when you are used to the constant ‘noise’ of incoming mail.
By the end of the afternoon, when I should have dealt with the best part of two hundred at least, I’d had a mere dozen emails. And, though I complain like hell about the state of my inboxes, the hush was really getting to me.
Had I published something that had offended hundreds of people? Had my account been tampered with? Blocked? Cancelled? Something had gone cockeyed somewhere along the line and I really couldn’t get to grips with it. It just goes to show how much we have come to rely on the contacts we maintain through the aether… and by now I was gnawing the proverbial fingers to the bone.
Of course, the phone is elderly and unreliable. I couldn’t check any where else to look for an explanation. It would all have to wait till I got home, walked the dog and sat down with a coffee.
I thought I’d do the obvious and clear things a bit… the cache, history etc…you never know… and while I was at it empty the spam and trash folders. Which is where I found the three hundred missing emails… and heaved a sigh of relief. Call me an idiot, I never thought to look in the spam folders.
How they had ended up there I do not know, but at least I now know where to look if they disappear again! Of course, I have to go out again shortly, so it looks like a long evening when I get back. I may be gone some time…
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Well to be a bit fair to you, I haven’t been blogging as much lately, so…. it’s not all in the spam, some of it just never happened. 🙂
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That’s reassuring, I’ve been on a rescue mission for ages now 🙂
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Your spam filter was trying to give you a hint 🙂
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More than a hint 🙂
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I’m having problems with my WP comments bar… must be internet gremlins.
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I have too… I put that down to WP altering things.
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It finally came back, hurrah. You are probably right, maintenance and improvements!
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Mine still seems a bit iffy… but no doubt it will reslove.
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it’s happened to me, too
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I felt a bit of an idiot once I’d found it though 🙂
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i did the exact same thing a month ago. )
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Good to know I’m not alone 😀
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Groan…. I once ignored my email while editing a book that was taking all my attention…. three days later? WELL over 1000 emails! Argh….
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Every time I go north… there is no internet… same thing…
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Reblogged this on oshriradhekrishnabole.
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It’s a good day when you manage to solve a problem or two…
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Even when it leaves me feeling like an idiot 😀
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Reblogged this on Anita & Jaye Dawes.
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I hate technology! I have lost my Twitter account and I think it’s all my own fault. A week ago I lost everything somehow: Google,Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter etc etc. had to reinstall with all new passwords. Managed to find most things but my Twitter account, I fear, has gone for good. All because my password was linked to an old email address that has long gone. Apparently I could get Twitter back through a Pinterest app (what!!?) which, of course I haven’t got/ installed/ found. Everything else links ok to my account and I can find it – but as though I am someone else trying to follow ME. Looks like I need to start again. Bye bye 7000 followers! This is my moan of the week. Might even make a blog of it!
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Oh goodness no! That would drive me nuts! It is bad enough when the whole things crews up and I can’t do anything for days on end…I think that desreves a definite moan!
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Weeping!! – head on desk. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Not the end of the world. Will just start a new account if necessary. have posted on FB – someone might be able to help. J x
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Fingers crossed! x
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The exact same thing happened to me last week, Sue. A day without email – and I discovered a TON of mail in spam. Strange indeed.
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Does make you think strange thoughts 😉
I believe congratulations are in order for the launch of your new book today? 🙂
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Yes, the book launch is tonight! Thank you! When I read your post I could here the theme song from Outer Limits in my head!
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LOL! That’s what it felt like 🙂
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I was having a prolem some time back with my comments disappearing. It turns out they were going into other peoples Spam filters. I have diffiuclty with not only the programs, but my computer itself. It could be some infrastructure problems here in India. Sometimes, I think my little laptop is losing it’s electronic mind. 🙂
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That seems to happen occasionally on WP for no apparent reason. I always check the comments in spam before deleting.
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